Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-17

revelation. Possibly IS the spirit few
aEaT 10 be with Christ whom ne had been
serving, the full knowledge came 10 hlm
Of that shorelsss ocean Of eternal life,
~hich = 20 know God and Jesus Christ
whom Re hath sent, that j. the beautiful
vision. and the love OF Christ which
passeih knosiedge. We dgel on one Tiny
bay OF il here and dream about L. The
departed saints Of God have already put
On its Unreasonable spaces, and learned
that the life of Christ Is never finished
Il l. the one word OF God which Is ever
spoken echoing again and again, on and
on with the cesseless reyerberatiOEs down
the centuries. If there was one thing
that stirred the heart that nox rests from
It's labors more than any other. that has
marked his life and makes his memory
precious 20 rs nos, it was his many sided
utterances of q Christ living as going
about among men, the Master who first
ana last asks Is 10 believe in Him rather
than 70 believe what Others say about
Him.
In closing his serI2on, DR.. Hall said
a bravo and weary heart l. here at rest:
brave Of old 10 dare brutal force and de-
fy the violence of MODS aud ruffians il
speaking for the slave: brave to accept
the murmers and doubts Of his political
friends vhen conscience prompted to part
from them; brayest TO srestle alone with
great sorrow when ne could tind 70 earth
Is help. We honor him for the courage of
his former acts; We love him and wonder
at him for the calm, sweet, gentle resig-
nation Of these last years. God, I b.
lievs, has led him step by step to pfnd
his last days among "a a wisdom gained
from the cross; a tender, gentle, soberer
-.isuCsl which helped him to see the cap
tain of oa- salvation who was made per
feet through suffering that We may all be
Of one and the great sufferer not ashamed
10 call o. brethren. On his last Sunday
evening in the place, two weeks ego, after
the congregation. had retired from IL, the
orgaulst anu one or two Others were prsc-
ticing the hymn i Heard the Voice Of
Jesus say Come Unto Ne and Rest Mr..
BeecAer, doubtless, with tina. tire which
follows preachers Sunday work, remained
and listened. Two street urchin were
prompted 70 wander into the building
and one OF them was standing in the
DOH4s4Vu VI A4t Dbg NAAOAA AtALaANA -A4t'
immortalized, gazing up at the organ.
The old man laying. his hand on the boys,
head, turned his face upward and kissed
him and, with his arm about the two
left this scene of his triumphs, his trials
and his successes forever. 1t was q 1T
ting close 20 grand life, the old man Of
genius and fame shielding the little
wanderers, great in breasting traditions al
ways and prejudices, great also in the
gesture, so like him, that recognized, a.
did the master. the humblest and the
poorest we're his brethTen-the great
p reaeher led out into the night by the
little nameless waifs. The grea, Life
of the Christ left unfinished for Us to
DO our little part and weave our humble
deeds and teachings into the story. Men
will praise our brother for genius, pa
triotism, victories and intellectual labors.
My love for him has had its origin in his
broad humanity, his utter lack OF shame,
his transparent love of the JUNCTION from
above that dwells in ami teaches Us and
beautities the lines of duty. He said Of
his father: Two things which he desired
most were the glory of GOD aud the good
of men" SO it was with him q, the
hearts of grateful myriads attest. But
We bid him here farewell; and TO me Of
tenest will come the vision of him passing
out of yonder door with his arms about
the boys, passing on to the city Of God,
where he hears again the familiar voice
of the master saying OF such is the
Kir0 N OF heaven
Al IT she conclusion of the services at
the Plymouth church the public was ad.
mitted to view the body. The people
were formed in line along Orange and
down Henry streets with policeman every
few yards to keep the new corners from
breaking in. IL a short time the line ex-
tended for two blocks and two hours af-
Ter the doors we're thrown open the line
was nearly quarter Of a mile long, or
three times the length of that OF the
previous day.